Fool Video: One Solid Stock, Dell's Comeback, eBay's New Competition, and Profiting From Pinks

By Mac Greer
June 2, 2008 | Comments (0)

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Is it time to buy housing stocks? What does Wal-Mart's (NYSE: WMT) new classifieds business mean for Craigslist and eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY)? Should Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Overstock.com (Nasdaq: OSTK) follow Wal-Mart's lead? Is Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) on the verge of a comeback as it does battle with Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and IBM (NYSE: IBM)? In this installment of "Fool Video," Motley Fool senior analyst Seth Jayson gives his take on the housing market, and Online Managing Editor LouAnn DiCosmo talks about some other stories on the Fool radar.

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“The Death of the Euro!”…Greece may seem worlds away, but be warned. What happens there next could reshape global finance and rattle your portfolio. On Mar. 22, The Motley Fool’s Tim Hanson heads to Greece to get the story. Follow in real time and hear how best to profit from this historic development (Hanson returned from China in July with a stock that’s up 117%!). Enter email below.

Amazon.com and eBay are Motley Fool Stock Advisor picks. Dell and Wal-Mart are Inside Value recommendations. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days.

Seth owns none of the stocks discussed. Lou owns shares of Cemex. Mac owns shares of eBay. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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